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with romney voters and obama voters. they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of people took those 12 questions or so that you have been asking for dozens of years and compared themselves against where they exactly are in that political spectrum. >> we found... i think we are approaching 1 million point 4 people who have taken this test since i think we put it up in late september. >> sreenivasan:: ok and finally, you made a little bit of news this week. you are changing your roll at pew. what does that mean? >> it means i will no longer be president and chief executive. i am going to be founding director which sounds ver
with romney voters and obama voters. they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of...
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romney's words got a lot of attention tonight, including from his own party. with me is republican congresswoman mary bono mack. welcome to you. >> thank you. great to be with you. >> what was your reaction, honestly, to what mitt romney was saying there? >> well, my reaction really for all of the elections around the country is it's really time to sort of evaluate what went right and what went wrong. i think we have to do a complete analysis from race to race. i think there's no doubt that we as republicans need to really focus on making sure we offer to the american people something that they understand, that they believe in, and you know, most importantly, that we can express the point that our children and our grandchildren would be better off tomorrow than they were today. i think that mitt romney's analysis of his campaign was his to do but it's important that all of us do the same thing across the country. >> the problem was it sounded sort of vaguely patronizing, i thought. this was what louisiana governor bobby jindal told wolf blitzer earlier, which
romney's words got a lot of attention tonight, including from his own party. with me is republican congresswoman mary bono mack. welcome to you. >> thank you. great to be with you. >> what was your reaction, honestly, to what mitt romney was saying there? >> well, my reaction really for all of the elections around the country is it's really time to sort of evaluate what went right and what went wrong. i think we have to do a complete analysis from race to race. i think there's...
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that romney would have won wisconsin if voter i.d. laws had been in place. again, there is no evidence of voter fraud. fortunately, courts either delayed or banned enforcement of these statutes and president obama won both states by more than 200,000 votes. turzai and darling are two examples of republican state legislators honest enough in their comments to make it clear what underlies the massive effort to enact voter i.d. laws. republicans believe suppressing voter rights is a legitimate campaign strategy. we shouldn't forget that 33 states have passed some form of voter i.d. law. by the next election, the number of states with strict photo i.d. laws will certainly increase. all to combat a problem that we know and they know doesn't exist. which is why the federal voting rights act is so important. it is that statute that protected the right to vote, led to these unfortunate state laws being overturn and made it possible to re-elect our first african-american president. let's hope the supreme court realizes this. that's my view. zi
that romney would have won wisconsin if voter i.d. laws had been in place. again, there is no evidence of voter fraud. fortunately, courts either delayed or banned enforcement of these statutes and president obama won both states by more than 200,000 votes. turzai and darling are two examples of republican state legislators honest enough in their comments to make it clear what underlies the massive effort to enact voter i.d. laws. republicans believe suppressing voter rights is a legitimate...
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romney went on to explain why he believes minority voters chose president obama. >> what the president did is he gave them two, two things. one he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program. number two, put in place obama care which basically is $10,000 a family. i mean, it's a proven political strategy which is give a bunch of money from the government to a group and guess what? they'll vote for you. >> romney even had suggestions for democrats about more free stuff to offer voters. >> what i would do if i were a democrat, running four years from now, i'd say, you know what, dental care ought to be included in obama care. immigration we can solve, but the giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with. >> does he not want to solve the immigration problem in this country? i hope the republicans don't change at all. mitt romney's parting shot on the national stage has left republicans scrambling. most members of the parties, you know what they did, they stuck behind mitt romney when this 47% video came out and was revealed to the public. this time, th
romney went on to explain why he believes minority voters chose president obama. >> what the president did is he gave them two, two things. one he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program. number two, put in place obama care which basically is $10,000 a family. i mean, it's a proven political strategy which is give a bunch of money from the government to a group and guess what? they'll vote for you. >> romney even had suggestions for democrats about...
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but robin from warrenton, virginia says that romney needs to get over himself. this is ridiculous already. when is he going to accept the fact that he lost for the race for president and now he insists why he lost the election? what a cry baby. even some republicans have been criminal cal for romney -- critical for romney. the bowie state student who stabbed her roommate. let's get right out to the live report at the courthouse with that verdict. andrea? >> reporter: well derek, as i have been telling you, ken molestina is messaging me with the very latest. if this is the case, it is a total shocker. not guilty on all seven counts is the verdict i'm getting from ken in the courtroom. this would be the case of alexis simpson, accused of stabbing her bowie state university roommate dominique frasier to death just weeks after the school year started. it looked like not guilty on all seven counts. be sure to tune in to 9news at 11:00 for the very latest. back to you. >> thank you. i too am picking my jaw upoff the floor -- jaw up on the floor. that's a shocker. we'l
but robin from warrenton, virginia says that romney needs to get over himself. this is ridiculous already. when is he going to accept the fact that he lost for the race for president and now he insists why he lost the election? what a cry baby. even some republicans have been criminal cal for romney -- critical for romney. the bowie state student who stabbed her roommate. let's get right out to the live report at the courthouse with that verdict. andrea? >> reporter: well derek, as i have...
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. >> eliot: romney claimed the president wooed young voters with free contraceptives and forgiveness of college loans. for hispanic voters, something special. >> romney: what the president did is he gave them two things. one, he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program. number two put in place obamacare which is -- by basically is $10,000 a family. it is a proven political strategy which is give a bunch of money on the government to a group and guess what? they'll vote for you. >> eliot: an analysis that left romney lamenting his loss with this. >> romney: the giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with. >> eliot: kind of brings back memories of romney's infamous 47% video. white house press secretary jay carney disagreed with romney telling reporters and i quote "i think that the view of the american people, of the electorate and of the election is at odds with the truth of what happened last week." but romney's harshest critics have been leading republicans and as fast as romney tried to tear down bridges louisiana governor bobby jindal trie
. >> eliot: romney claimed the president wooed young voters with free contraceptives and forgiveness of college loans. for hispanic voters, something special. >> romney: what the president did is he gave them two things. one, he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program. number two put in place obamacare which is -- by basically is $10,000 a family. it is a proven political strategy which is give a bunch of money on the government to a group and guess...
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cards or voter i.d. laws were largely to blame for mitt romney's loss of wisconsin. here is charlie webster, the republican chairman in maine, on the issue of voter fraud in his state. >> for example, in some parts of rural maine there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted election day. everybody has the right to vote, but nobody in town knows anybody who's black. how did that happen? i don't know. we're going to find out. >> anyway, two questions for mr. webster there. one, if all these african-americans were voting where they weren't registered, why didn't anyone stop them? election officials in maine say they're unaware of any cheating up there. two, if democrats were trying to steal a state, why would they go to one with just four electoral votes that hasn't voted republican since back in '88? anyway, webster will not be returning for another term as chairman of that party up there. >>> next, john boehner was re-elected yesterday for a second term as speaker of the house, but georgia congressman louis gohmert, an original charter member of the
cards or voter i.d. laws were largely to blame for mitt romney's loss of wisconsin. here is charlie webster, the republican chairman in maine, on the issue of voter fraud in his state. >> for example, in some parts of rural maine there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted election day. everybody has the right to vote, but nobody in town knows anybody who's black. how did that happen? i don't know. we're going to find out. >> anyway, two questions for mr. webster...
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the smart conservatives know this is no way to treat a potential voter. a columnist i usually only agree with about movies put it this way. romney didn't say that the election had come out as it did because obama's team had outplayed and outfoxed his. he should have because that's the truth. rather, he said that obama had won the second term essentially through bribery. well, look, i have three rules for both parties as they converge now to do their squoobs. respect the voter, respect each other's offices, and search hard for common ground. those are what we should be doing and that should be the way we're guiding our country's conversation today. not trashing the people who voted against you. but respecting the fact that they did for your own good. david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and joy reid is managing editor of the grio. both are msnbc political analysts. let's take a look at some of the stuff from john mccain here. it's been four years since john mccain lost his presidential bid. just ten days since mitt romney lost, but they s
the smart conservatives know this is no way to treat a potential voter. a columnist i usually only agree with about movies put it this way. romney didn't say that the election had come out as it did because obama's team had outplayed and outfoxed his. he should have because that's the truth. rather, he said that obama had won the second term essentially through bribery. well, look, i have three rules for both parties as they converge now to do their squoobs. respect the voter, respect each...
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romney said the reason he lost and president obama won is that president obama bribed minority voters and young voters and women with gifts. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote and that strategy worked. he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program, which was obviously very, very popular with hispanic voters. and then number two, was obama care. and so for any lower income hispanic family, obama care was massive. let me tell you, what i would do if i were a democrat running four years from now, i'd say, you know what, dental care ought to be included in obama care. immigration, we can solve. but the giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with. >> on that call, portions of which were edited and posted online by abc news, on that call mr. romney also praised his campaign team for being no drama and highly effective. now, everything went perfectly. according to abc news, mr. romney
romney said the reason he lost and president obama won is that president obama bribed minority voters and young voters and women with gifts. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote and that strategy worked. he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act amnesty program, which was obviously very, very popular with...
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chris christie says governor romney blaming his loss on gifts to some voters, he says it's just wrong. >> you can't expect to be a leader of all the people and be divisive. >> plus, the end of an iconic american business, and it means now thousands of people will be out of work. [ female announcer ] with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. free streaming quotes, all your investments, positions, and even your trade ticket are all on one customizable page. see the 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. >>> welcome back. more than 18,000 people found out their losing today after hostess is going out of business. they filed for bankruptcy in january. monday they will seek permission to go out of business after failing to get wage and benefit cuts from thousands of its striking bakery workers. coming up, the cost guard is searching for two people after a fire breaks out on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. we'll have the latest on that developing story. plus, the first order of business when president obama met with congressional leaders today. >> we're not going to embarrass him with a cake
chris christie says governor romney blaming his loss on gifts to some voters, he says it's just wrong. >> you can't expect to be a leader of all the people and be divisive. >> plus, the end of an iconic american business, and it means now thousands of people will be out of work. [ female announcer ] with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. free streaming quotes, all your investments, positions, and even your trade ticket are all on one customizable page. see the 360 investing...
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romney apparently didn't get that memo. joining me now, cnn contributors and republican strategist, mary matalin and charles blow. you have been tweeting extensively on this. you said you werlivid at governor romney, that the comments were offensive. you said he needs to take a look in the mirror. what do you mean? >> i think he needs to figure out what were his own flaws. what were the deficiencies with his campaign. i get it, okay, he was talking to 300 of his top donors, people who raised almost $1 billion and he needs to explain why he lost and it's easier to blame somebody else than to look in the mirror and blame yourself for your shortfalls but i think it's mitt romney who has to figure out why did he get 27% with the hispanic vote. mary worked for george w. bush white house. george w. bush got 44% of the hispanic vote. it wasn't because he was giving away gifts or freebies and it's just the wrong message to say that hispanics, blacks, young people, are nothing but takers and that that's why they voted for barack oba
romney apparently didn't get that memo. joining me now, cnn contributors and republican strategist, mary matalin and charles blow. you have been tweeting extensively on this. you said you werlivid at governor romney, that the comments were offensive. you said he needs to take a look in the mirror. what do you mean? >> i think he needs to figure out what were his own flaws. what were the deficiencies with his campaign. i get it, okay, he was talking to 300 of his top donors, people who...
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said this. >> governor romney's campaign didn't lay out a specific vision with the american voters. biography and experience isn't enough to win an election. you have to check to the american people. i think this became a contest of personalities and chicago one that. >> boring bob mcdonald refused to share his kool-aide with ben bolshier on something that no one else in the room seemed to know. >> it is because there are too many damn democrats out there. >> the suggestion for what republicans have to do now is to follow in romney's foot steps and all of them need to become missionaries. >> what do we need to do? we need to convert and get more republicans. >> that should be no problem. converting you for example to become ap are. what would it take? >> stop insulting me as an african-american, a woman, stop being insulting. tone is a big problem for the party. david has made a hot of these points. long ago the party out sourced their brain. because they outsourced it away from the thinkers and gave it to the entertainment guys, they said you go ahead and define conservatism. these
said this. >> governor romney's campaign didn't lay out a specific vision with the american voters. biography and experience isn't enough to win an election. you have to check to the american people. i think this became a contest of personalities and chicago one that. >> boring bob mcdonald refused to share his kool-aide with ben bolshier on something that no one else in the room seemed to know. >> it is because there are too many damn democrats out there. >> the...
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i think there are a lot of reasons why romney lost this election. but he does get the inner psychology of the obama campaign, was to see themselves as the provider to the people, whether we're talking about young voters or women, providing from college loans to protections in the workplace, to staying on your parents' health care 'til you're 26, to free birth control, there was definitely a message of providing. >> bill: and it worked! it absolutely worked. it's a very, very simple formula that the democratic party as seized upon. we're going to give you stuff. and if you vote for us, the stuff is going to continue. if you vote for romney, he's going to cut the stuff out. >> i don't blame the american people. i think there are a lot of people who are suffering right now. a lot of people who need some help. the problem was that i think the president sort of packaged this free stuff with a lot of fear and that's where i just found this to be a despicable campaign. >> bill: be that as it may, i know why governor jindal saying what he's saying. he says
i think there are a lot of reasons why romney lost this election. but he does get the inner psychology of the obama campaign, was to see themselves as the provider to the people, whether we're talking about young voters or women, providing from college loans to protections in the workplace, to staying on your parents' health care 'til you're 26, to free birth control, there was definitely a message of providing. >> bill: and it worked! it absolutely worked. it's a very, very simple...
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do your job. >> so explain to voters who are listening out there to what mitt romney said. explain why he was so wrong in his statement. >> you can't expect to be a leader of all the people and be divisive. you have to talk about themes, policies that unite people. and play to their aspirations and their goals and their hopes for their family and their neighbors. and i always think this is scapegoating after elections. when you lose, you lost. someone asked me, why did mitt romney lose? because he got got less votes than barack obama. that's why. and the fact of the matter is more people in the country decided the president was the right way to go. i voted for mitt romney. the bottom line is we lost. now what weigh need to do as leaders of our party is pivot and get back to our jobs. and if we do our jobs well, people will put us back into office. and if we don't, they won't. >> is it time for mitt romney to move on and stop having conference calls? >> that's up to him. listen, mitt romney is a friend of mine. i understand he is very upset about having lost the election and
do your job. >> so explain to voters who are listening out there to what mitt romney said. explain why he was so wrong in his statement. >> you can't expect to be a leader of all the people and be divisive. you have to talk about themes, policies that unite people. and play to their aspirations and their goals and their hopes for their family and their neighbors. and i always think this is scapegoating after elections. when you lose, you lost. someone asked me, why did mitt romney...
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we don't win elections insulting voters. >> a word to the wise or the wise-ish, throwing mitt romney off the deep end is the easy part. fixing the deeper problems may take some actual work. karen finney, now, grant eed mi romney's comments were objectively speaking pretty stupid. >> yeah. >> very telling it's this week that bobby jindal is saying we need to stop being the dumb party. as if there wasn't a lion's share of support for mitt romney up until this point. >> there wasn't dumb party stuff going on before. this is not a cosmetic problem. this is isn't like let's put a fresh coat of paint and put a new message on it and we're good to go. you have the main gop saying the herd of black people came in and voted and don't know where they're from, the state of maine. ryan saying we didn't expect the urban turnout which we know what that really means. so there is a deeper problem and romney is not the only one espousing some of that kind of language. i think what they're realizing is they've got to at least start to talk not like the dumb party which is why we heard the word revenue
we don't win elections insulting voters. >> a word to the wise or the wise-ish, throwing mitt romney off the deep end is the easy part. fixing the deeper problems may take some actual work. karen finney, now, grant eed mi romney's comments were objectively speaking pretty stupid. >> yeah. >> very telling it's this week that bobby jindal is saying we need to stop being the dumb party. as if there wasn't a lion's share of support for mitt romney up until this point. >>...